Volume 61 (1771)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

59 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (20 pages)
• Remarks upon the Nature of the Soil of Naples, and Its Neighbourhood; I`n a Letter from the Honourable William Hamilton, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Naples, to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  William Hamilton (52 pages)
• Extract of Another Letter, from Mr. Hamilton, to Dr. Maty, on the Same Subject
  Mr. Hamilton (4 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. Franklyn, F. R. S. to the Astronomer Royal; Containing an Observation of the Transit of Mercury Over the Sun, November 9th 1769: By John Winthrop, Esq; F. R. S. Hollisian Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Cambridge, New England
  John Winthrop, B. Franklyn (3 pages)
• Observations on the Heat of the Ground on Mount Vesuvius: By John Howard, Esq; F. R. S.
  John Howard (3 pages)
• Description of a Bird from the East Indies; In a Letter to James West, Esq; President of the Royal Society; From Mr. George Edwards, F. R. S.
  George Edwards (4 pages)
• An Extract from the Register of the Parish of Holy-Cross in Salop, Being a Second Decade of Years from Michelmas, 1760, to Michaelmas, 1770, Carefully Digested in the Following Table, by the Rev. William Gorsuch, Minister of That Parish
  William Gorsuch (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Stephen de Visme to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. Containing an Account of the Manner, in Which the Chinese Heat Their Rooms
  Stephen De Visme (3 pages)
• An Account of the Kang, or Chinese Stoves, by Father Gramont, Translated from the French
  Father Gramont (13 pages)
• Account of a Remarkable Thunder Storm: In a Letter from the Rev. Anthony Williams, Rector of St. Keverne, in Cornwal, to the Rev. William Borlase, D. D. F. R. S.
  Anthony Williams (8 pages)
• Explication of an Inedited Coin, with Two Legends, in Different Languages, on the Reverse. In a Letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona
  John Swinton (5 pages)
• Remarks upon Two Etruscan Weights, or Coins, Never before Published. In a Letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (10 pages)
• Interpretation of Two Punic Inscriptions, on the Reverses of Two Siculo-Punic Coins, Published by the Prince di Torremuzza, and Never Hitherto Explained. In a Letter to M. Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (15 pages)
• Extract of Two Letters from M. Messier, of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and F. R. S. to M. de Magalhaens, on a New Comet: Translated by Dr. Bevis, F. R. S.
  Dr. Bevis, M. Messier (4 pages)
• Description and Use of a New Constructed Equatorial Telescope or Portable Observatory, Made by Mr. Edward Nairne, London
  Edward Nairne (11 pages)
• Experiments to Shew the Nature of Aurum Mosaicum: By Mr. Peter Woulfe, F. R. S.
  Peter Woulfe (18 pages)
• Account of an Extraordinary Steatomatous Tumour, in the Abdomen of a Woman, by P. Hanly, M. D. Communicated by Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Charles Morton, P. Hanly (6 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. Ducarel, F. R. S. and F. S. A. to Dr. William Watson, M. D. and F. R. S. concerning Chesnut Trees; With Two Other Letters to Dr. Ducarel, on the Same Subject
  And. Coltee Ducarel (17 pages)
• Copy of Mr. Thorpe's Letter to Dr. Ducarel, concerning Chesnut Trees
  J. Thorpe (9 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Edward Hasted, Esq; F. R. S. and F. S. A. to Dr. Ducarel, concerning Chesnut Trees
  Edward Hasted (8 pages)
• A Letter from the Hon. Daines Barrington, F. R. S. to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. Occasioned by the Three Preceding Letters
  Daines Barrington (4 pages)
• An Account of the Nyl-Ghau, an Indian Animal, Not Hitherto Described: By William Hunter, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Hunter (14 pages)
• Observations on the Aphides of Linnaeus, by Dr. William Richardson, of Ripon, Yorkshire: Communicated by William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Heberden, William Richardson (14 pages)
• Meteorological Observations at Ludgvan in Mount's-Bay, Cornwall, 1770: By William Borlase, D. D. F. R. S. Communicated by Dr. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and F. R. S.
  William Borlase, Jeremiah Milles (4 pages)
• Description of a New Hygrometer: By Mr. John Smeaton, F. R. S.
  John Smeaton (16 pages)
• Letter from Mr. John Baptist Beccaria, of Turin, F. R. S. to Mr. John Canton, F. R. S. on His New Phosphorus Receiving Several Colours, and Only Emitting the Same
  John Baptist Beccaria (2 pages)
• Some Remarks on the Effects of the Late Cold in February Last: In a Letter from the Rev. R. Watson, Fellow of Trinity College, and Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge, to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  R. Watson (9 pages)
• A Letter from Thomas Barker, Esq; Of Lyndon in Rutlandshire, to James West, Esq; Pres. R. S. concerning Observations of the Quantities of Rain Fallen at That Place for Several Years
  Thomas Barker (7 pages)
• A Second Letter from Mr. Barker to the President, on the Same Subject; Together with the Determination of the Latititude of Stamford, in Lincolnshire
  Tho. Barker (4 pages)
• Observations on Some Bivalve Insects, Found in Common Water, by Mr. Muller, of the New Academy of Sciences in Bavaria, and the Oeconomical Society at Bern; Communicated by R. H. A. Bennet, Esq; F. R. S.
  Mr. Muller, R. H. A. Bennet (19 pages)
• A Letter to the Rev. M. Lort, B. D. F. R. S. Containing an Account of a Singular Fish, from the South Seas, by the Rev. Mr. Michael Tyson
  Michael Tyson (5 pages)
• An Account of Elden Hole in Derbyshire; By J. Lloyd, Esq; With Some Observations upon It, by Edward King, Esq; F. R. S.; In a Letter to Matthew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Edward King, J. Lloyd (21 pages)
• An Account of Two New Tortoises; In a Letter to Matthew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.: By Thomas Pennant, Esq; F. R. S.
  Thomas Pennant (11 pages)
• Meteorological Observations at Caën in Normandy; For 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769. By Nathanael Pigott, Esq; Communicated by the Late Dr. Bevis, F. R. S.
  Nathanael Pigott, Dr. Bevis (16 pages)
• Nyctanthes elongata, Nova Planta Indica, Quam, Descriptione Atque Icone Illustratam, Illustrissimae Societati Regiae Londinensi Reverenter Offert Petrus Jonas Bergius, M. D. Suecus, R. Soc. Lond. Aliarumque Societ. Membr.
  John Swinton, Petrus Jonas Bergius (8 pages)
• Account of a Mole from North America: In a Letter to Dr. Maty, Sec. R. S. from the Hon. Daines Barrington, F. R. S.
  Daines Barrington (3 pages)
• Letter from the Hon. Daines Barrington, F. R. S. to William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S. Giving an Account of Some Experiments Made in North Wales, to Ascertain the Different Quantities of Rain, Which Fell in the Same Time, at Different Heights
  Daines Barrington (5 pages)
• A Disquisition concerning Certain Fluents, Which are Assignable by the Arcs of the Conic Sections; Wherein are Investigatea Some New and Useful Theorems for Computing Such Fluents: By John Landen, F. R. S.
  John Landen (14 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Reinhold Forster, F. A. S. to the Hon. Daines Barrington, Vice - Pres. R. S. on the Management of Carp in Polish Prussia
  John Reinhold Forster (17 pages)
• An Account of the Remarkable Cold Observed at Glasgow, in the Month of January, 1768; in a Letter from Mr. Alexander Wilson, Professor of Astronomy at Glasgow, to the Rev. Mr. Nevil Maskeline, B. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Alexander Wilson (7 pages)
• Some Experiments on Putrefaction; By F. L. F. Crell, M. D. and Professor of Chemistry at Brunswick
  F. L. F. Crell (14 pages)
• Observations upon Five Antient Persian Coins, Struck in Palestine, or Phaenicia, before the Dissolution of the Persian Empire. In a Letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (16 pages)
• A Letter from Richard Waring, Esq; F. R. S. to the Hon. Daines Barrington; On Some Plants Found in Several Parts of England
  Richard Waring (32 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Specimens of Plants, from Chelsea Garden: Presented to the Royal Society, for the Year 1770, Pursuant to Direction of the Late Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. from the Society of Apothecaries, London: By Stanesby Alchorne, Member of the Said Society
  Stanesby Alchorne (8 pages)
• Observations Made, by Appointment of the Royal Society, at King George's Island in the South Sea; By Mr. Charles Green, Formerly Assistant at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and Lieut. James Cook, of His Majesty's Ship the Endeavour
  James Cook, Charles Green (27 pages)
• Variation of the Compass, as Observed on Board the Endeavour Bark, in a Voyage Round the World. Communicated by Lieut. James Cook, Commander of the Said Bark
  James Cook (12 pages)
• Transitus Veneris & Mercurii in Eorum Exitu è Disco Solis, 4to Mensis Junii & 10mo Novembris, 1769, Observatus. Communicated by Capt. James Cook
  Johan Maurits Mohr, James Cook (5 pages)
• Kepler's Method of Computing the Moon's Parallaxes in Solar Eclipses, Demonstrated and Extended to All Degrees of the Moon's Latitude, as Also to the Assigning the Moon's Correspondent Apparent Diameter, together with a Concise Application of This Form of Calculation to Those Eclipses; By the Late H. Pemberton, M. D. F. R. S. Communicated by Matthew Raper, Esq; F. R. S.
  H. Pemberton, Matthew Raper (21 pages)
• Of Logarithms, by the Late William Jones, Esq; F. R. S. Communicated by John Robertson, Lib. R. S.
  William Jones, John Robertson (8 pages)
• An Inquiry into the Value of the Ancient Greek and Roman Money: By Matthew Raper, Esq; F. R. S.
  Matthew Raper (75 pages)
• Description of a Method of Measuring Differences of Right Ascension and Declination, with Dollond's Micrometer, together with Other New Applications of the Same: By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. Astronomer Royal
  Nevil Maskelyne (13 pages)
• A Supplement to a Former Paper, concerning Difficulties in the Newtonian Theory of Light: By the Rev. S. Horsley, L L. B. F. R. S.
  S. Horsley (15 pages)
• An Account of the Going of an Astronomical Clock: By the Rev. Francis Wollaston, F. R. S.
  Francis Wollaston (9 pages)
• An Account of a Pure Native Crystalised Natron, or Fossil Alkaline Salt, Which is Found in the Country of Tripoli in Barbary: By Donald Monro, M. D. Physician to the Army, and to St. George's Hospital, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society
  Donald Monro (8 pages)
• The Quantity of the Sun's Parallax, as Deduced from the Observations of the Transit of Venus, on June 3, 1769: By Thomas Hornsby, M. A. Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford, and F. R. S.
  Thomas Hornsby (7 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. R. E. Raspe, F. R. S. to M. Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. Containing a Short Account of Some Basalt Hills in Hassia
  R. E. Raspe (10 pages)
• An Attempt to Explain Some of the Principal Phaenomena of Electricity, by means of an Elastic Fluid: By the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.
  Henry Cavendish (101 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (16 pages)